Thematic Bible
Job 31:1 (show verse)
"I made a covenant with my eyes; how, then, can I focus my attention on a virgin?
Job 31:2 (show verse)
What would I have from God above, what heritage from the Almighty on high,
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Job 31:3 (show verse)
if not calamity that is due the unjust, and misfortune that is due those who practice iniquity?
Job 31:4 (show verse)
He watches my life, observing every one of my actions, does he not?"
Job 31:5 (show verse)
"If I've lived my life in the company of vanity, or run quickly to embrace deception,
Job 31:6 (show verse)
let my righteousness be weighed in honest scales, and God will make known my integrity.
Job 31:7 (show verse)
If I have stepped away from the way, or if my heart covets whatever my eyes see, or if some other blemish clings to my hands,
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Job 31:8 (show verse)
what I've planted, let another eat or let my crops be uprooted."
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Job 31:9 (show verse)
"If my heart has been seduced by a woman and I've laid in wait at my friend's door,
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Job 31:10 (show verse)
then let my wife cook for another person and may someone else sleep with her,
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Job 31:11 (show verse)
because something as lascivious as that is an iniquity that should be judged.
Job 31:12 (show verse)
The fires of Abaddon will burn, disrupting every part of my eternal reward."
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Job 31:13 (show verse)
"If I've refused to help my male and female servants when they complain against me,
Job 31:14 (show verse)
what will I do when God stands up to act? When he asks the questions, how will I answer him?
Job 31:15 (show verse)
The one who made me in the womb made them, too, didn't he? Didn't the same one prepare each of us in the womb?"
Job 31:16 (show verse)
"If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow,
Job 31:17 (show verse)
if I ate my meals by myself without feeding orphans,
Job 31:18 (show verse)
(even a poor man had grown up with me as if I were his father, and even though I had guided the widow from the time I was born),
Job 31:19 (show verse)
if I've observed someone who is about to die for lack of clothes or if I have no clothing to give to the poor,
Job 31:20 (show verse)
if he hadn't thanked me from the bottom of his heart, if he had not been warmed by wool from my sheep,
Job 31:21 (show verse)
if I've raised my hand against an orphan when I thought I would against him in court,
Job 31:22 (show verse)
then let my arm fall from its socket; and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder.
Job 31:23 (show verse)
For I'm terrified of what calamity God may have in store for me; and I cannot endure his grandeur."
Job 31:24 (show verse)
"If I've put my confidence in gold, if I've told gold, "You're my security,'
Job 31:25 (show verse)
if I've found joy in great wealth that I own, if I've earned a lot with my own hands,
Job 31:26 (show verse)
if I look at the sun when it shines or the moon as it rises in steady splendor,
Job 31:27 (show verse)
so that in the depths of my deceived heart I worshipped them with my mouth and hands,
Job 31:28 (show verse)
this is also a sin that deserves to be judged, since I would have tried to deceive God above."
Job 31:29 (show verse)
"Have I rejoiced in the destruction of those who hate me, or have I been happy that evil caught up with him?
Job 31:30 (show verse)
No, I haven't allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.
Job 31:31 (show verse)
People in my household have said, "We cannot find anyone who has not been satisfied with his meat,' haven't they?
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Job 31:32 (show verse)
No stranger ever spent the night in the street, because I opened my doors to travelers."
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Job 31:33 (show verse)
"Have I covered my transgression like other people, to conceal iniquity within myself?
Job 31:34 (show verse)
Have I feared large crowds? Has my family's contempt ever terrified me so that I remained silent and wouldn't go outside?"
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Job 31:35 (show verse)
"Who will grant me a hearing? Here's my signature let the Almighty answer! Since my adversary indicted me,
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Job 31:36 (show verse)
I'll wear it on my shoulder, or tie it on my head for a crown!
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Job 31:37 (show verse)
I'll give an account for every step I've taken; I'll approach him confidently like a Commander-in-Chief."
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Job 31:38 (show verse)
"If my land were to cry out against me or if all its furrows wept as one,
Job 31:39 (show verse)
If I've consumed its produce without paying for it and snuffed out the life of its owners;
Job 31:40 (show verse)
may thorns spring up instead of wheat, and obnoxious weeds instead of barley." With this, Job's discourse with his friends is completed.